Bug Report: NullPointerException on chat (1.21.11)

[bnfsmpowner]

Description

When a player sends a chat message, the server throws a NullPointerException related to CraftPlayer being null inside NoChatReports.

This happens consistently on every chat message.

[java] [15:17:57 INFO]: <KINGBARNOS> sup bro
[java] [15:17:57 ERROR]: Could not pass event PlayerChatPacketEvent to NoChatReports v2.7.5
[java] java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.bukkit.craftbukkit.entity.CraftPlayer.getHandleRaw()" because "craftPlayer" is null
[java]  at NoChatReports-2.7.5.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.v1_21_11.NmsProviderImpl.getNmsPlayer(NmsProviderImpl.java:82) ~[?:?]
[java]  at NoChatReports-2.7.5.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.v1_21_11.NmsProviderImpl.sendSystemPacket(NmsProviderImpl.java:73) ~[?:?]
[java]  at NoChatReports-2.7.5.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.plugin.listener.PacketListener.onChatPacket(PacketListener.java:27) ~[?:?]
[java]  at co.aikar.timings.TimedEventExecutor.execute(TimedEventExecutor.java:80) ~[purpur-api-1.21.11-R0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:?]
[java]  at org.bukkit.plugin.RegisteredListener.callEvent(RegisteredListener.java:71) ~[purpur-api-1.21.11-R0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:?]
[java]  at io.papermc.paper.plugin.manager.PaperEventManager.callEvent(PaperEventManager.java:54) ~[purpur-1.21.11.jar:1.21.11-2566-0fbf8d2]
[java]  at io.papermc.paper.plugin.manager.PaperPluginManagerImpl.callEvent(PaperPluginManagerImpl.java:131) ~[purpur-1.21.11.jar:1.21.11-2566-0fbf8d2]
[java]  at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.callEvent(SimplePluginManager.java:628) ~[purpur-api-1.21.11-R0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:?]
[java]  at NoChatReports-2.7.5.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.v1_21_11.listener.ClientboundPlayerChatListener.onPacketSend(ClientboundPlayerChatListener.java:22) ~[?:?]
[java]  at NoChatReports-2.7.5.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.v1_21_11.listener.ClientboundPlayerChatListener.onPacketSend(ClientboundPlayerChatListener.java:11) ~[?:?]
[java]  at NoChatReports-2.7.5.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.listener.PacketListener.onPacketSendInternal(PacketListener.java:29) ~[?:?]
[java]  at NoChatReports-2.7.5.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.channel.GlobalPacketHandler.handleAnyPacket(GlobalPacketHandler.java:33) ~[?:?]
[java]  at NoChatReports-2.7.5.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.v1_21_11.channel.GlobalPacketHandlerImpl.write(GlobalPacketHandlerImpl.java:31) ~[?:?]
[java]  at NoChatReports-2.7.5.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.v1_21_11.channel.ChannelPacketHandler.write(ChannelPacketHandler.java:21) ~[?:?]
[java]  at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.write(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:825) ~[netty-transport-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]
[java]  at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.writeAndFlush(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:804) ~[netty-transport-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]
[java]  at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.writeAndFlush(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1041) ~[netty-transport-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]
[java]  at io.netty.channel.Channel.writeAndFlush(Channel.java:262) ~[netty-transport-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]
[java]  at Geyser-Spigot.jar//org.geysermc.geyser.network.netty.ChannelWrapper.writeAndFlush(ChannelWrapper.java:219) ~[?:?]
[java]  at net.minecraft.network.Connection.doSendPacket(Connection.java:469) ~[purpur-1.21.11.jar:1.21.11-2566-0fbf8d2]
[java]  at net.minecraft.network.Connection.lambda$sendPacket$10(Connection.java:451) ~[purpur-1.21.11.jar:1.21.11-2566-0fbf8d2]
[java]  at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.runTask(AbstractEventExecutor.java:148) ~[netty-common-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]
[java]  at io.netty.channel.DefaultEventLoop.run(DefaultEventLoop.java:54) ~[netty-transport-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]
[java]  at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$5.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:1193) ~[netty-common-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]
[java]  at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74) ~[netty-common-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]
[java]  at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30) ~[netty-common-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]
[java]  at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583) ~[?:?]

Server Info
Server Software: Purpur 1.21.11-2566-HEAD@0fbf8d2 (2026-03-03T03:49:17Z) (Implementing API version 1.21.11-R0.1-SNAPSHOT)
Version: 1.21.11
NoChatReports Version: 2.7.5

Installed Related Plugins
Geyser-Spigot
Floodgate

Steps to Reproduce
Join the server
Send a chat message
Error appears in console

Expected Behavior

Chat should be processed normally without errors.

Actual Behavior

Console throws a NullPointerException every time a chat message is sent.

[VinceCarbone]

I'm having the exact same problem with v2.7.7
My server is running 26.1.2

[18:33:02 ERROR]: Could not pass event PlayerChatPacketEvent to NoChatReports v2.7.7

java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.bukkit.craftbukkit.entity.CraftPlayer.getHandleRaw()" because "craftPlayer" is null

	at NoChatReports-2.7.7.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.v26_1_2.NmsProviderImpl.getNmsPlayer(NmsProviderImpl.java:82) ~[?:?]

	at NoChatReports-2.7.7.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.v26_1_2.NmsProviderImpl.sendSystemPacket(NmsProviderImpl.java:73) ~[?:?]

	at NoChatReports-2.7.7.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.plugin.listener.PacketListener.onChatPacket(PacketListener.java:27) ~[?:?]

	at co.aikar.timings.TimedEventExecutor.execute(TimedEventExecutor.java:80) ~[paper-api-26.1.2.build.60-stable.jar:?]

	at org.bukkit.plugin.RegisteredListener.callEvent(RegisteredListener.java:71) ~[paper-api-26.1.2.build.60-stable.jar:?]

	at io.papermc.paper.plugin.manager.PaperEventManager.callEvent(PaperEventManager.java:54) ~[paper-26.1.2.jar:26.1.2-60-b4682bf]

	at io.papermc.paper.plugin.manager.PaperPluginManagerImpl.callEvent(PaperPluginManagerImpl.java:131) ~[paper-26.1.2.jar:26.1.2-60-b4682bf]

	at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.callEvent(SimplePluginManager.java:628) ~[paper-api-26.1.2.build.60-stable.jar:?]

	at NoChatReports-2.7.7.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.v26_1_2.listener.ClientboundPlayerChatListener.onPacketSend(ClientboundPlayerChatListener.java:22) ~[?:?]

	at NoChatReports-2.7.7.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.v26_1_2.listener.ClientboundPlayerChatListener.onPacketSend(ClientboundPlayerChatListener.java:11) ~[?:?]

	at NoChatReports-2.7.7.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.listener.PacketListener.onPacketSendInternal(PacketListener.java:29) ~[?:?]

	at NoChatReports-2.7.7.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.channel.GlobalPacketHandler.handleAnyPacket(GlobalPacketHandler.java:33) ~[?:?]

	at NoChatReports-2.7.7.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.v26_1_2.channel.GlobalPacketHandlerImpl.write(GlobalPacketHandlerImpl.java:31) ~[?:?]

	at NoChatReports-2.7.7.jar//com.tcoded.nochatreports.nms.v26_1_2.channel.ChannelPacketHandler.write(ChannelPacketHandler.java:21) ~[?:?]

	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.write(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:825) ~[netty-transport-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]

	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.writeAndFlush(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:804) ~[netty-transport-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]

	at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.writeAndFlush(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1041) ~[netty-transport-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]

	at io.netty.channel.Channel.writeAndFlush(Channel.java:262) ~[netty-transport-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]

	at Geyser-Spigot.jar//org.geysermc.geyser.network.netty.ChannelWrapper.writeAndFlush(ChannelWrapper.java:219) ~[?:?]

	at net.minecraft.network.Connection.doSendPacket(Connection.java:468) ~[paper-26.1.2.jar:26.1.2-60-b4682bf]

	at net.minecraft.network.Connection.lambda$sendPacket$0(Connection.java:450) ~[paper-26.1.2.jar:26.1.2-60-b4682bf]

	at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.runTask(AbstractEventExecutor.java:148) ~[netty-common-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]

	at io.netty.channel.DefaultEventLoop.run(DefaultEventLoop.java:54) ~[netty-transport-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]

	at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$5.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:1193) ~[netty-common-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]

	at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74) ~[netty-common-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]

	at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30) ~[netty-common-4.2.7.Final.jar:4.2.7.Final]

	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) ~[?:?]